Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, May 31, 2019 By: David Wren The State Ports Authority and an engineering firm that worked on the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston have agreed to settle legal claims they had filed against each other. A jury sided with S&ME Inc. earlier this year in a case where the authority alleged the firm […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, May 29, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald A federal court ruled Tuesday that an Allied World Assurance Co. unit must defend an engineering firm in a construction lawsuit, but held off ruling on whether it must also indemnify the company until underlying litigation is resolved. Richard Goettle Inc., a Cincinnati-based geotechnical engineering and construction […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 20, 2019 By: Lawrence Moonan and Laila Santana During National Building Safety Month, keep these tips in mind when planning your design/build projects. It’s inevitable. Every project is bound to have a glitch or two. Big or small, there are far too many moving parts on virtually any job site to cover every […]

Source: Dayton Daily News (OH), May 10, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Dayton-based builder Miller-Valentine Group failed to design and construct housing units and other facilities to make them accessible to people with disabilities, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice. A press release cited Miller-Valentine and associated companies that built […]

Source: https://www.roadsbridges.com, May 3, 2019 Magnum Construction Management, which filed for bankruptcy back in March, agreed with insurance companies on the settlement deal The construction company that built the Florida International University (FIU) pedestrian bridge, which collapsed in March 2018 and killed six people while injuring another eight, has reached a deal with insurers to pay up to $42 million […]

Source: https://dailygazette.com, May 4, 2019 By: John Cropley Developer sues architect and engineer, alleges problems with water leaks and noise The developer of Mohawk Harbor is suing its designers, blaming them for water leaks and noise intrusion in some of the buildings and structures. The lawsuit filed April 26 in state Supreme Court in Schenectady […]

Source: https://www.herald-dispatch.com, April 24, 2019 A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the 2015 landslide that collapsed a runway safety overrun at Yeager Airport. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Yeager officials say the airport was awarded $14.8 million in the settlement that ends all legal wrangling stemming from the collapse. Of that, about $6 […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 24, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: The University of Akron in Ohio is suing design-build contractor HNTB Ohioand others who participated in the construction of InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field, alleging it has had to pay $1 million to fix “catastrophic” construction defects plaguing the 10-year-old football stadium. Other defendants include construction manager Welty Building Co., […]

Source: https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com, April 17, 2019 By: Joseph Brown Huntsville has authorized a lawsuit against three contractors in a bid to recoup repair costs for structural issues at the hub for the city’s trash. In January, city officials revealed that pavement for the driveway at the transfer station was cracking and crumbling, just 18 months after […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, March 29, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Skanska USA this week accused Salesforce Transit Center officials of ignoring the role design played in the shutdown of the $2.2 billion San Francisco facility in September, a month after it opened. Skanska subcontracted the center’s structural steelwork from general contractor Webcor Obayashi, and, in August, transit […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, March 20, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: After a March 14 meeting of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, Executive Director Mark Zabaneh told reporters that two cracked beams, which led to the ongoing shutdown of the $2.2 billion Salesforce Transit Center, were the result of a “failure of quality control in the […]

Source: https://www.detroitnews.com, April 9, 2019 By: Sarah Rahal A lawsuit has been filed against three companies in connection with a sewer line collapse in Fraser that cost $75 million to repair. Officials say the Macomb Interceptor Drain Drainage District filed the lawsuit Tuesday and seeks to recoup losses from the Christmas Eve 2016 collapse. The […]